§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate, having regard to the fact that on page 9 of the Report of the Congested Districts Board, it is stated that the Board have received applications for new holdings, or for the extension of existing holdings, from the island parts of the counties of Argyll, Inverness, Ross, and Shetland, will he state how many such applications have been received from each county; and whether it has been found possible, up to the present time, to accede to the request of any of the applicants.
§ * MR. A. GRAHAM MURRAYI am informed by the Congested Districts Board that six applications have been received from Argyllshire, three from Ross-shire, twenty-nine from Inverness-shire and one from Shetland. So far the 180 Board have only been able to help in the case of applications from Inverness-shire.